Animal Poetry

Ursula Whitcher

A group of poems about animals, and possibly gods as well. I've included a literal translation or trot as well as my own English version of each poem.

Introduction

Io Restored, from the Metamorphoses, by P. Ovidius Naso

• Io Restored
• Io Reformata
• Io Restored (Literal Translation)

Sardines à L'Huile, by Georges Fourest

• Sardines in Oil
• Sardines à L'Huile
• Sardines in Oil (Literal Translation)

From Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée, by Guillaume Apollinaire

• The Goat of Tibet
• La Chèvre du Thibet
• The Goat of Tibet (Literal Translation)

• The Dromedary
• Le Dromadaire
• The Dromedary (Literal Translation)

• The Elephant
• L'Éléphant
• The Elephant (Literal Translation)

• Orpheus
• Orphée
• Orpheus (Literal Translation)

• The Octopus
• Le Poulpe
• The Octopus (Literal Translation)

• The Dove
• La Colombe
• The Dove (Literal Translation)

• The Peacock
• Le Paon
• The Peacock (Literal Translation)

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